The number of monarch butterflies wintering in the mountains west of Mexico City, rebounded this year, doubling the area they covered in 2024 despite the stresses of climate change.

PISMO BEACH, Calif. (CN) — In a small tree grove at the south end of Pismo Beach on California's Central Coast, one visitor has arrived with a long telephoto lens while others take photos with their smartphones or simply stare up at the trees.

The monarch butterfly is one of many insects threatened by human-caused means, but Monarch Watch may have a solution.

Butterflies are vanishing nationwide due to habitat loss, climate change and use of insecticides, according to a new study, and on Long Island, one preservationist says she has taken the matter into her own hands.

America's butterflies are disappearing because of insecticides, climate change, and habitat loss, with the number of the winged beauties down 22% since 2000, a new study finds. The first countrywide systematic analysis of butterfly abundance found that the number of butterflies in the Lower 48 states has been falling on average 1.

Butterfly populations across the United States are declining, a trend reflected in the Western monarch butterfly population

These are the gorgeous monarch butterflies ... better were in the cooler areas.Climate change, habitat loss and insecticides tend to work together to weaken butterfly populations, Edwards and ...

Legislation that could fully repeal Pennsylvania’s Sunday hunting ban has been reintroduced in Harrisburg. Sen. Dan Laughlin, R-Erie, this week reintroduced Senate Bill 67, which would end the state’s prohibition on Sunday hunting and allow the Game Commission to include Sundays when establishing hunting seasons annually.